Approved STSM

List of approved Short-term scientific missions (STSMs)

1st Call for STSM applications


Ecological genomics in European beech

Alexis Marchesini

Home Institution: Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all’Adige (ITALY)

Host Institution: INRA – Centre de Nouvelle-Aquitaine Bordeaux, UMR1202 BioGeCo (FRANCE)

Visiting period: 22/07/2019 - 30/07/2019

Training on analyses of degraded DNA

Nevena Velickovic

Home Institution: University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences (SERBIA)

Host Institution: Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all’Adige (ITALY)

Visiting period: 13/05/2019 - 28/05/2019

Bilberry Bears

Sanne Ruyts

Home Institution: Wild Naliboki (BELGIUM)

Host Institution: Nord University, Bodø (NORWAY)

Visiting period: 18/06/2019 - 13/07/2019

2nd Call for STSM applications

The role of the Danube River as a filter to gene flow

Astrid Vik Stronen

Home Institution: University of Ljubljana (SLOVENIA)

Host Institution: University of Belgrade (SERBIA)

Visiting period: 17/11/2019 - 30/11/2019

Hybrid-capture to improve genotyping success rates of DNA from non-invasive samples using the Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) as a case study

Nia Thomas

Home Institution: Cardiff University (UK)

Host Institution: Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all’Adige (ITALY)

Visiting period: 10/11/2019 - 02/12/2019

Advancing wolverine (Gulo gulo) monitoring in Fennoscandia through cost effective whole genome sequencing

Josephine D'Urban Jackson

Home Institution: Cardiff University (UK)

Host Institution: Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NORWAY)

Visiting period: 28/10/2019 - 12/11/2019


3rd Call for STSM applications


A case studies review on linking biodiversity with ecosystem services

Tine Grebenc

Home Institution: Slovenian Forestry Institute, Ljubljana (SLOVENIA)

Host Institution: INRA – Centre de Nouvelle-Aquitaine Bordeaux, UMR1202 BioGeCo (FRANCE)

Visiting period: 06/01/2020 - 12/01/2020


Genomic Biodiversity Knowledge for Resilient Ecosystems

Sandra Sacristán

Home Institution: Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Móstoles (SPAIN)

Host Institution: Université de Lille (FRANCE)

Visiting period: 20/01/2020 - 14/02/2020


Training for development and evaluation of new metrics for the inbreeding effective population size through R simulations

Maddalena Giannì

Home Institution: University of Zagreb (CROATIA)

Host Institution: The Roslin Institute, Edinburgh (UK)

Visiting period: 01/02/2020 - 07/03/2020


Monitoring the past Genetic Diversity of the Italian wolf using ancient mitogenomes

Marta Maria Ciucani

Home Institution: University of Copenhagen (DENMARK)

Host Institution: Fondazione Edmund Mach (ITALY)

Visiting period: 16/02/2020 - 14/03/2020


Adaptive genetic diversity and potential of Primula veris in fragmented semi-natural grasslands

Sabrina Träger

Home Institution: University of Tartu (ESTONIA)

Host Institution: Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL (SWITZERLAND)

Visiting period: 02/03/2020 - 14/03/2020